The Empire Dreams (Destroyer # 113)

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Summary: The best of the recent Destroyer books!
Review: I really enjoyed this book. The plot was not overly complex, but not overly simple either. Sure, the villains were thin, but so what? I loved the idea of the WWII planes being used, and I also loved the fact taht we got to see Smitty kick some butt! I fear for the ol' guy...It's obvious the way Mullaney's writing him that he's on his last legs. I do, however, also look on that with some excitement, curious to see how things will pan out if Smith dies. The Destroyer is once again in good hands!

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Summary: OK
Review: The Empire Dreams is a very compelling tale which weaves a stunning plot much in the style of recent gems like "The Triumph and the Glory" or "Black Notice", or even books of a more techno-thriller bent like "The Devil's Teardrop." Four stars from me, the only weakness was a lack of effective plotting.

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Summary: chiun was much better in this book than in previous ones
Review: this book has some good action and references to the things that have transpired in the past i appreciate that remo is getting to be a more physical master and that chiun is becoming more involved in the business of killing. poor dr. smith keeps on ticking no matter how close to death he becomes. the author is obviously heading in a direction of independence from murphy and sapirs dream for the series but unfortunately the dr. is a mortal and not of sinanju and sooner or later he will pass on to the big gray suit closet in the sky. the development of this series is at a crucial pivotal point that the writer must painfully be aware of the loyalty the fans are to all of the characters good and evil there were a few loose ends prior to all the bad attempts at continuity of the series may those authors rest in peace and never quit their day jobs. i am currently about half way thru #114 and so far character development and story plot seem to be holding up if the current author does read this i implore you to read this series from book1 all the way through to 114 at least 3 times to truly understand what has been accoplished by murphy and sapir.